Your Random Facts & Stuff Friday Open Thread

NFL Fragments:

  • This would matter if they were an actual NFL franchise, but JJ Watt is out for up to ten weeks due to a herniated disc and accompanying surgery.
    • And THAT’S WHY you don’t talk smack about Zach Mettenberger.
  • The Jags worked out Greg Hardy, because of course they did.
  • Packers CEO Mark Murphy said “I dunno” when asked about the PED investigation into PED use by Clay Matthews & Julius Peppers.
  • Better wipe that smug smile off your face, DeAngelo – Le’Veon Bell is looking at a 4-game suspension for missing drug tests.

Finally, the sad news many of you heard earlier today – Dennis Green passed away. Naturally, nfl.com has the requisite tributes and photo galleries. Rikki has a nice little tribute in the Request Line, so give that a read before being inundated with footage on the NFL Network this weekend.


Well, now begins the three days of peace before the Democrats get together in Philly for their battery toss convention. Aside from the general question about who her VP pick will be, I’m wondering how many protest groups try to interrupt the proceedings, thereby turning off undecided voters and giving Trump an actual chance. Here are your choices for possible interrupters:

  • Black Lives Matter
  • Bernie Sanders supporters
  • Code Pink
  • Rage Against the Machine
  • The Phillie Phanatic
  • Student loan / High tuition groups

Suggestions recommended. I look forward to four days of craven pandering and internecine bickering.


Since I apparently died sometime this week, I’ve decided to have my wake on Saturday night. I’ve invited a few friends

and maybe some people as well.

Tonight’s sports:

  • Women’s International Friendly Soccer: U.S. vs. Costa Rica – 8:55 (ESPN)
  • Bellator MMA: Darrion Caldwell vs. Joe Taimanglo – 9:00 (Spike)
  • CFL: Ottawa @ Saskatchewan – 9:00 (TSN)

Please try to enjoy your weekend, for on Monday WE GO MAD!

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A Canadian man-child of indeterminate age, he stays young by selling alcohol at sporting events and yelling at the patrons he serves. Their rage nourishes his soul, and their tips pay for his numerous trips to various sporting events.
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herodotus450

Some mention of rapeseed earlier, made me think of this story
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/apr/22/canada-tisdale-slogan-land-of-rape-and-honey

King Hippo

also a Ministry album title!

herodotus450

His Ministry of Rape addition was why Roman Polanski never got to direct his version of 1984

Sill Bimmons

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BrettFavresColonoscopy

Having been away the last two weeks and flown home late last night, this does not feel like a weekend. I’m heading to bed. Don’t do anything Peter King would have to explain away.

Sill Bimmons
Sill Bimmons
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Just remembered how much I despise Bill Maher.

Sill Bimmons

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King Hippo

I wonder if he’d get 10% less smug if his dick fell off? In any event, I hope his dick falls off.

ballsofsteelandfury

He’s the reason I always thought Hugh Hefner was a moron. How Maher got to be a regular at the Playboy Mansion is beyond me.

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Apparently, Maher has exposed himself to Ann Coulter, so he’s got the skeevy dude thing going that’s a pre-requisite for admission.

Sill Bimmons

There’s a lot to unpack there…

Sill Bimmons

The moment that you even hint that there is more risk in vaccinating than not vaccinating I get SUPER ULTRA RAGEY SHUT UP YOU IGNORANT FUCK YOU KNOW NOTHING

http://66.media.tumblr.com/42f5a96049a3be50886e57074cecfbe0/tumblr_inline_o8421mqppi1slrtzn_500.gif

King Hippo

yeah, there are some things that just must be stamped out like a sparking cigarette butt in a wildfire danger area. This is one of them.

If someone came to town and said we would all be healthier if we started setting every other elementary school child on fire, we wouldn’t insist on their right to be heard.

Sill Bimmons

Or even every hundred millionth.

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I remember when he said he was pro-vaccine, just not the flu vaccine because “that’s bullshit.”

He genuinely thinks his abhorrence of religion makes him smarter than everyone else but he’s proven time and again he’s about as scientifically literate as the conservatives he takes pot shots at.

So fuck him.

King Hippo

EXACTLY. He will never get the irony, sadly enough.

Sill Bimmons

GET OUT OF MY HEAD

Sill Bimmons
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Oh, and I love his haughtiness about religion as if to say, “I won’t believe in that bullshit, but let me tell you how we shouldn’t be okay GMOs.” Secular ideologies can still be stupid and dogmatic, shithead.

Sill Bimmons

Selective breeding is genetic modification.

Gene-splicing techniques just accelerate the process.

See if any of those anti-GMO fruitcases that happen to be diabetic want to give up their Humulin.

Vats of E. coli have been churning that liquid gold out since 1983. I made it myself in Molecular lab during undergrad.

And somehow they always forget the miracle of the Green revolution:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug

/sigh

Just another reminder that we can only go as fast as our slowest runner…

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Brick Meathook

RANDOM FACTS & STUFF

Gregg Toland, ASC, (1904-1948) is considered one of the greatest cinematographers in the history of motion pictures.

Born in Illinois, his parents divorced and he moved with his mother to Los Angeles, where she found work as a housekeeper. He had to drop out of high school in order to help support his family, taking work as a camera assistant on silent pictures. Before he was 30, he was an in-demand A-List Director of Photography who pushed the boundaries of motion-picture photography. He had lenses custom built, worked with Eastman Kodak on faster (and finer grained) camera negatives and release prints, and worked with Cal-Tech on revolutionary anti-reflective lens coatings. But he was always an artist first.

He is best known for “Citizen Kane”, but he also worked with John Ford, Howard Hawks, William Wyler, and King Vidor, among others.

He died at age 44.

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laserguru

Well done!

Don T

Looks 60. Was it the chemicals? Damn.

Brick Meathook

I’ve always wondered that. He was a master lighter yet his own self-portrait looks so old.

Sill Bimmons
Sill Bimmons

1930 Mercedes-Benz SSK Cabriolet

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tundrajim

69 comments. Nice. No ofence.

King Hippo

tonight, Hippo learned that eating kale in a salad (as opposed to juicing it, I done put that implement away as part of my moving process) makes one kinda burp-y.

Know what I bet will do just the trick? BEER!

theeWeeBabySeamus

I was gonna say copious amounts of opiates.
But yeah, beer might work too.

Sill Bimmons

BEER WILL MAKE IT WORSE

King Hippo

so far, it’s just confusing teh kale residue

/SCIENCE bruh

Sill Bimmons

It seemed that adding gas to gas would be, like, double gas or something.

/DOUBLE SCIENCE broseph

herodotus450

You’d be in DANGER of getting pulled over with this license plate.

Brick Meathook

RANDOM FACTS & STUFF

Canola Oil is considered to be among the healthiest of plant-derived oils, having a relatively low amount of saturated fat and a high content of polyunsaturated fats.

First developed as a cash crop for processing in western Canada, it was named Canola for CANadian+Oil+Low+Acidity=CANOLA. The reason for the name change was for marketing purposes. The plant it is processed from is the Rapeseed Plant.

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ballsofsteelandfury

So, it’s the favorite seed of certain ex-Saints?

Sill Bimmons

THE BEN LIKE MAZOLA ON CHOCO TACO

King Hippo

Look at it, showing all that yellow. It’s practically BEGGING to be harvested ,, smh

theeWeeBabySeamus

DON’T BLAME THE VICTIM!!!!!!!

King Hippo

I’m just sayin….you better THINK before you go prancin’ all around a place like Alberta lookin’ like that…

theeWeeBabySeamus

LMFAO…totes aksin’ foar it and shit.

ballsofsteelandfury

So, I just saw the cafe press shop for the Bourble shirt.

THAT’S GOOD MERCHANDISING!!!!

herodotus450

Also in blue;
http://www.cafepress.com/legallydistinctdfoshop.1842868547
Haven’t figure out how to do a black shirt without a ridiculous white outline behind the text. Ironically, the problem will likeley require bourbon to solve.

Doktor Zymm

Apparently my uncle tried to get away with naming his car bastard, but in spanish. Even in 1970s erie PA that was a no go for paining on your car

ballsofsteelandfury

Where is Covalent when you need her? !?!

BrettFavresColonoscopy

¿Qué pasa?

theeWeeBabySeamus

¿Cómo está?

Sill Bimmons

hey

Kungjitsu

The best part of HRC getting elected POTUS is Slick Willy will be First Lady.

Doktor Zymm

Eh no pants, no bus. Imma be fancy, Cthulu dress and cab. Laters.

theeWeeBabySeamus

http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/cwclp.gif

Have fun. Don’t forget to put on clean underpants just in case.

Doktor Zymm

In case of what exactly? I’ve always been a bit bewildered by this particular bit of advice.

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Because poopy is icky.

Doktor Zymm

Only men do poopy in their pants past the age of three. Feel free to go through my underwear drawer and note the lack of poop stains on anything, even thongs.

theeWeeBabySeamus

That might be an offer you should think twice about tendering to this general group of degenerates.

Myself included.

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I’m holding you to that.

theeWeeBabySeamus

See…told ya.

herodotus450
Brick Meathook

RANDOM FACTS & STUFF

Major General Francis C Barlow was one of the few men who entered the American Civil War as a Private yet was promoted to General. He mostly served as a division commander as a Brigadier General throughout the war. He was a front-line commander at Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Cold Harbor, and Appomattox, among many others, and was severely wounded twice. Unlike his peers who had showy facial hair, Barlow remained clean shaven throughout the war. His appearance was once described by a member of General Meade’s staff as that of “a highly independent mounted newsboy.”

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herodotus450

During the time it took for him to sit for that picture, he was promoted three times.

Kungjitsu

That’s fuckin’ metal.

herodotus450

Light travels faster than gravity? Don’t tell Pete Carroll.

Sill Bimmons

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

So Hillary is going with Kaine as her VP. It’s the political equivalent of Martyball.

King Hippo

Yeah, it’s uber-Martyball when one is disappoint it’s not Vilsack.

To think, two weeks ago I was CERTAIN it would be Warren.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

That’s actually quite good; this election boils down to Martyball vs. Calvinball.

Kungjitsu

I was hoping for 8 more years of Biden.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

So up until this point would you say you’d been…

(•_•) / ( •_•)>⌐■-■ / (⌐■_■)

Biden your time?

King Hippo

Somehow, the Cards managed only to give up 1 in the first. Shoulda been like 4 or 5, Wacha got nuttin’

Brick Meathook

RANDOM FACT & STUFF:

The Lockheed Constellation was powered by Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone engines with power recovery turbos.

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herodotus450

It always wierds me out a little when, to set a page in Word to landscape, I have to select its orientation; let the page live its life how it wants to, Word!

King Hippo

word processors are inherently fascist ,, ppl forget that

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“Processor? She hasn’t even been arrested yet! Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.”

Columbus Police, taking a phone call from Jerry Jones

rockingdog

Question: Has anyone ever met some one who when they sneeze, they also laugh?

herodotus450

If you mean when they sneeze, I laugh: no.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I once knew a girl who when she sneezed, she occasionally had an unexpected orgasm.
Seriously.

BrettFavresColonoscopy

“Let me tell you why I carry two different handkerchiefs.”

Doktor Zymm

That’s… both yeas and no I think. I can kinda get how.

theeWeeBabySeamus

I was always tempted to blow pepper in her face and just wait.

Doktor Zymm

In other news, I’m supposed to go see a friend’s band play in about an hour and a half, but it’s two buses away and going out….effort.

herodotus450

Bus travel effort has to be top 5 lowest though

Doktor Zymm

But TWO buses. Transferring blows. Also, pants or similar.

herodotus450

You know who else had to sit on a buss…

theeWeeBabySeamus

Evening dudes and dudettes.
Also, loving Rob’s choice for banner image on this one.

Doktor Zymm

So, it really is true, everything is a genre of porn. In this particular case it’s not particularly odd and I probably shouldn’t be surprised, but it’s a fairly specific match to something that arose organically over the course of a few years….though I guess the really disconcerting thing about it is that it’s a Japanese porn genre. Today I learned that nuru massage is a thing.

Brick Meathook

Oh yeah, nuru massage, that’s awesome I get one a week.

Brick Meathook

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herodotus450

When a reverand tells you to do something, you better goddamn do it!
http://www.cafepress.com/legallydistinctdfoshop.1842868556

BrettFavresColonoscopy

Oooooh, it’s imported. Fancy!

rockingdog

What the fuck is Code Pink?
Is that like some sort of Victorias Secret thing that’s secretly trying to make Clinton sexy??

Unsurprised

Speaking of tits.
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King Hippo

I’m always more than a little frightened by a gal whose tit is bigger than me head.

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

Trump is the same way about women whose tits are bigger than his hands, which is why he’s frightened of all women.

rockingdog

aren’t those called The Back Breakers?

The Right Reverend Electric Mayhem

Auchentoshan Three Wood is one of my favorite “normal” scotches.

Also, I would pay good money for a t-shirt like the banner pic. DFO MERCHANDISING SQUAD, ACTIVATE!

herodotus450

Activated, assembled, formed, enema’d:
http://www.cafepress.com/legallydistinctdfoshop.1842868556
Still trying to figure out how to gouge the fuck out of everyone, and also make it look less shitty.

ballsofsteelandfury

LOVE IT!

Gratliff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNiqpBNE9ik

If this whole election was just some false flag to bring the Daily Show and Colbert Report to network television, then I feel like it was well worth the sacrifice.

rockingdog

Stewart its been so long…

Unsurprised

I’d join you to celebrate your wake if I could.

Thursday cannot come soon enough.

Unsurprised

I also still think that the DNC should’ve let emrata speak to appease Berniebros and in the spirit of giving time to fucking Hit-Girl

Unsurprised

Tit-Girl
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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

There’s-no-way-she-could-possibly-fit girl.

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Rikki-Tikki-Deadly

“What’s this about Sit-girl?”

– Mark Chmura

Kungjitsu

Jaguars fan reacts to Jags signing Greg Hardy: OMG!!! He’s a piece of crap! He should be in jail, not on an NFL roster

Jags fan reacts to Greg Hardy sacking Andrew Luck: She must have done something.

Gratliff

Bojack Horseman season 3 is out. Time for 12 episodes of soul-crushing sadness!

King Hippo

It pisses me off that I haven’t had a good block of time today to devote to laughing my ass off then cringing as the soul crushing “you will be alone forever” depression hits a little too close to home. But there’s Green Man IPA and the fridge, no kids home tonight, and when Cards/Dodgers is over…

rockingdog

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IumXhpoVc0

More Bojack Horseman?
Yes!

King Hippo

you ever have one of those days where you just keep chugging coffee…but it NEVAR seems to take? That’s me. I’ve been on the precipice of a nap all day, like I’ve got the heroin nods, am nursing a hangover, or had 2 hours of infant scream-filled sleep last evening.

But NOAP – 7 hours of free and easy slumber. Maybe I’m dying? That would ordinarily be welcome news, but it’s too close to footbaw season now and I REALLY WANT to vote FOAR HillyBob. My state even matters, bitches.